The Philadelphia 76ers wrapped up their first week of practice in preparation for the 2017-18 season Sunday with a public scrimmage at The Palestra in University City.

The Sixers’ regular-season opener is in just over two weeks, with practice days between now and then limited thanks to a very condensed preseason schedule which sees the Sixers play five games in 10 days, starting on Wednesday. The schedule is designed to limit back-to-back games in the regular season, but makes the week of training camp perhaps more important than ever in order to prepare for a quickly approaching regular season.

Last year’s training camp was disastrous. Ben Simmons landed on a teammate’s foot on the final day of camp, fracturing the fifth metatarsal in his right foot and causing him to miss the entire season. Jerryd Bayless’ wrist problems also first cropped up during camp last year, and Jahlil Okafor started experiencing soreness in his knee, which plagued him...